Professional Selling

Professional Selling

The Bachelor of Business Administration in Professional Selling at UCO’s College of Business is focused on providing education and training for students to compete in the world of selling. Students receive cognitive, effective and behavioral training allowing them to compete in the selling marketplace. The sales curriculum combines practical and intellectual training in the art and science of personal sales.

$55,020 Median Salary

5% Job Growth Rate

376,300 Jobs

The Professional Selling Major

As a professional selling major, students will take professional selling, advanced professional selling, sales force management, negotiations, marketing ethics and marketing management, in addition to the business core courses.

Students can customize their major through elective courses such as, business logistics, business to business marketing, purchasing and materials management, practicum in professional selling and a sales internship.

Career Opportunities

Related Academic Opportunities

Professional Sales Lab

The UCO Professional Selling Program hopes to give students the tools needed to paint a successful future with the Professional Sales Lab. The lab is equipped with video and recording technology used to provide students immediate feedback for their sales and presentation techniques.

Students in the advanced sales class will present at least two presentations during the semester. The presentations will be recorded and available to students and professors, and will be used as graded exercises within the course.

The Professional Sales Lab is located in the UCO College of Business.

Professional Selling Competitions

RBI National Sales Challenge

Each semester the advanced professional sales class holds an internal competition to determine the UCO sales team that will participate in the RBI National Sales Challenge. The selected UCO sales team travels to William Paterson University in Paterson, New Jersey for a national competition in early November, each year.

National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC)

Since 1999, the National Collegiate Sales Competition has been the largest and oldest sales role-play competition in existence. Instituted for the purpose of enhancing the practice and professionalism of the sales profession.

The NCSC hosts the top collegiate sales talent and sales faculty from the most elite University Sales Programs in North America. Upcoming sales graduates are provided a venue for sharpening their sales skills in a highly competitive environment and networking with peers and sales faculty from across the United States.

Connect to the future of business

Choose from a variety of undergraduate degrees in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Management, Information Systems and Operations Management, Economics, as well as our graduate programs. Join us as our students, faculty, and alumni lead the way in the business community.